Prevents pregnancy. This medicine is a form of birth control (contraception)
Brand Names:
Lunelle Monthly Contraceptive
Contraindications:
You should not receive this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to medroxyprogesterone or estradiol, if you may be pregnant, or if you have ever had blot-clotting problems, coronary artery disease, stroke, certain types of cancer, liver disease, or vaginal bleeding that has not been checked by your doctor. Under certain conditions, you should not receive this medicine if you have diabetes, high blood pressure, severe headaches, problems with your heart valves, or if you smoke
Uses:
Injectable
Your doctor will prescribe your exact dose and tell you how often it should be given. This medicine is given as a shot into one of your muscles.
A nurse or other trained health professional will give you this medicine.
Your first shot must be given during the first 5 days of your menstrual cycle, or at least 4 weeks after having a baby.
If a dose is missed:
This medicine needs to be given on a regular schedule, every 28 to 30 days, in order for it to work properly. If you go longer than 33 days without a shot, ask your doctor for instructions.
If you miss 1 period and have not had your shots on schedule, call your doctor. If you miss 2 periods in a row, call your doctor, even if you have gotten your shots on time.
Special precautions:
Before taking, tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to any medications. tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and nonprescription medications, vitamins, nutritional supplements, and herbal products you are taking. tell your doctor if you have or have ever had heart failure or liver disease. tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding. If you become pregnant while taking, call your doctor
Make sure your doctor knows if you are also using medicine for seizures (such as Depakote®, Dilantin®), antibiotics (such as ampicillin, tetracycline, or griseofulvin (Grifulvin®)), St. John's Wort, rifampin (Rifadin®), phenylbutazone, cyclosporine (Sandimmune®, Neoral®), prednisolone, theophylline, Tylenol®, temazepam (Restoril®), morphine, or clofibric acid.
Warnings:
Make sure your doctor knows if you are breastfeeding, or if you have diabetes, blood vessel disorders, high cholesterol, heart disease, liver disease, kidney disease, gall bladder problems, family history of breast cancer, or a history of depression.
This medicine may increase or decrease the length or heaviness of your menstrual periods. After your body has settled into a pattern of regular cycles, call your doctor if there is a change in this pattern.
Make sure any doctor or dentist who treats you knows that you are using this medicine. You may need to stop using this medicine for several weeks before you have surgery or any other condition that keeps you in bed for a while.
Your doctor will need to check your progress at regular visits while you are using this medicine. Be sure to keep all appointments.
This medicine will not protect you from HIV/AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases.
Side Effects:
Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
Allergic reaction: Itching or hives, swelling in face or hands, swelling or tingling in the mouth or throat, tightness in chest, trouble breathing
Chest pain
Coughing up blood
Severe abdominal pain, yellow skin or eyes
Severe headache, trouble speaking, weakness or numbness in an arm or leg
Severe mood changes
Sharp pain in lower leg
Very heavy vaginal bleeding, either sudden or ongoing
Vision changes, loss of vision, double vision, protruding eyes
